James S. Romm Audio Books

James Romm seamlessly weaves together the life and written words, the moral struggles, political intrigue, and bloody vengeance that enmeshed Seneca the Younger in the twisted imperial family and the perverse, paranoid regime of Emperor Nero, despot and madman.

In his essay On Anger (De Ira), the Roman Stoic thinker Seneca (c. 4 BC-AD 65) argues that anger is the most destructive passion: "No plague has cost the human race more dear.

From classicist James Romm comes a "striking...fascinating" (Booklist) deep dive into the last decades of ancient Greek freedom leading up to Alexander the Great's destruction of Thebes - and the saga of the greatest military corps of the time...

A vibrant new translation of Seneca's "On the Shortness of Life," a pointed reminder to make the most of our time

It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die, wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c.

From the leading scholars behind The Greek Plays, a collection of the best translations of the foremost Greek historians, presenting a sweeping history of ancient Greece as recorded by its first chroniclers

Timeless wisdom on generosity and gratitude from the great Stoic philosopher Seneca